Black Pyramid manual omission

[KenLayton]

I have discovered this information is missing from the Bally "Black Pyramid" pinball manual.

Sound option (set function 18 to one of these settings):

Chimes without background sounds "00"
Chimes with background sounds "01"
Noises without background sounds "02"
Noises with background sounds "03"

Function 18 is part of the self-test programming menu.

Dip switch # 30 is Game Over Attract mode sound (on or off).

 

[Phetishboy]

Great machine. I am still looking for one of these for the Blue Nile.

 

[gibbous]

Ken,

Thank you so much for posting this. I just got one of these as my first pin and I thought the sounds were really lacking. It turns out this setting dramatically changes the game sounds.

Just to expand:
00 - dings and chimes, I'd call it "retirment home" mode
01 - same as above with progressively faster beat thing ending in small explosion constantly playing in a loop in the background
02 - more "spacey" sounds, "zips" and "zoops," more bass-y and more sound effects in general
03 - same as above with progressively faster beat thing ending in small explosion constantly playing in a loop in the background

I think the progressively faster beat thing is kind of annoying, actually. But it does add a bit of tension to the game play. Hitting stuff turns off the annoying beat thing, conversely, I try REALLY hard to be constantly hitting stuff.